Just further to your remote control plan, here are some sites you can check for various remote control systems. Some may be helpful to you. Radmin allows you to take control of another PC on a LAN, WAN or dial-up connection so you see the remote computer's screen on your monitor and all your mouse movements and keystrokes are directly transferred to the remote machine. http://www.famatech.com/ *PC Remote lets you access another computer across a network, on the Internet, on the computer serial ports, or through a modem connection.* http://www.americansys.com/pcremote.htm Here's a list of other ones if the first 2 won't do: http://modecideas.com/faq63.html?pch I'm not endorsing any particular one, just listing some choices for you, ok? Jo Wells wrote: >I have a laptop on its way. I plan to use it in another room to operate an >embroidery machine (25-30 ft. away). To network it (it isn't wireless) do >I need a special cable to hook to the cable modem and the NIC in the >laptop?..........or will a telephone wire work? > -- Regards, John Durham <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> ICQ number 112663246 Fax/Phone 64 4 5286786 Award winning web site at http://modecideas.com?sig Order my latest e-book at http://modecideas.com/dmaxhits.htm?sig PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.